English → Latin
“reprobate” in Latin
damnōto discredit, find fault, disapprove, reject; to bind, oblige; to sentence someone to a punishment, declare guilty, condprōflīgōto strike or dash to the ground; to overthrow, overcome, conquer; to finish, conclude, resolve, put an end toperdōto destroy, ruin, wreck; to waste, squander; to have no more, to be deprived ofscelerōto defile, contaminate, pollutereprobōto disapprove; to reject; to condemn
The English word reprobate itself goes back to Latin probō, through reprobātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reprobate adj.
damnatus (condemned; hence, also, reprobate, vile: quis te miserior? quis te damnatior? *Cic., Pis., 40, extr.): profligatus: perditus (abandoned). (The words are found in this connection and order.) profligatus et perditus: sceleratus.
reprobate v.
damnare: reprobare. Vid: CONDEMN.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reprobate?
- The usual Latin words for “reprobate” are damnō, prōflīgō, perdō; also scelerō, reprobō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.